Boston man convicted of fatal stabbing

BOSTON — A Boston man charged with fatally stabbing another man during a fight outside a city convenience store and laughing as he fled the scene has been convicted of second-degree murder.

Prosecutors say 22-year-old Hector Soto was convicted Tuesday in Suffolk Superior Court of killing 19-year-old Kenneth Soto in October 2011. The Sotos are not related.

Hector Soto faces a mandatory term of life in prison with the possibility of parole after 15 years at sentencing scheduled for May 1.

Prosecutors say the defendant and the victim were in different groups that arrived at the store in the city's Jamaica Plain neighborhood at about the same time. A physical confrontation ensued and Kenneth Soto was stabbed.

Christian Rivera, who helped Hector Soto flee, was convicted of being an accessory.